Owen died March 22, 2012, at his home in Lutherville, Md. Owen had an outstanding career in banking and was an important community leader in Baltimore.
After graduating from the Gilman School in 1943, he attended the Navy V-12 program at the University of Pennsylvania and then served as an assistant gunnery officer in the Pacific theater. After World War II, Owen enrolled at Princeton, where he majored in political science, played varsity football, and was a member of Ivy Club. He graduated in 1948. He also served in the Korean War.
Owen began his banking career at Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust. In 1984 he joined the Equitable Trust and Equitable Bancorporation, where he was president and chairman from 1967 until 1982, when he retired. In his retirement he served as a trustee of Gilman and a board member of Goucher College and St. Mary’s Seminary.
Owen was a devoted Catholic and was a Knight in the Order of Malta Federal Association. During these years he and his wife, Marian (“Babs”), enjoyed time at their house on the Delaware coast.
Owen is survived by Babs; his sons, Owen III, Gordon, Clinton, and Thomas; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. With them, the class mourns his passing.